NAME

db_import.pl - import a database from XML format.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Mark Veltzer; All rights reserved.

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.

DETAILS

        MANIFEST: db_import.pl
        PROJECT: meta
        VERSION: 0.19

SYNOPSIS

        db_import.pl

DESCRIPTION

This program will import a single XML/Dbdata file into a database accoding to a database definition and connection data pointed to in the XML file. See the XML/Dbdata DTD for more info.

Take heed when using this script since it changes your database.

OPTIONS

help (type: bool, default: 0)

display help message

pod (type: bool, default: 0)

display pod options snipplet

man (type: bool, default: 0)

display manual page

quit (type: bool, default: 0)

quit without doing anything

gtk (type: bool, default: 0)

run a gtk ui to get the parameters

license (type: bool, default: 0)

show license and exit

copyright (type: bool, default: 0)

show copyright and exit

description (type: bool, default: 0)

show description and exit

history (type: bool, default: 0)

show history and exit

def_file (type: modu, default: )

which definition file to use ?

connections_file (type: modu, default: xmlx/connections/connections.xml)

which connections file to use ?

name (type: stri, default: )

which database name to use ?

con_name (type: stri, default: )

which connection name to use ?

data_file (type: devf, default: )

which data file to use ?

no free arguments are allowed

BUGS

None.

AUTHOR

        Name: Mark Veltzer
        Email: mailto:veltzer@cpan.org
        WWW: http://www.veltzer.org
        CPAN id: VELTZER

HISTORY

        0.00 MV xml data sets
        0.01 MV finish db export
        0.02 MV perl packaging
        0.03 MV XSLT, website etc
        0.04 MV PDMT
        0.05 MV license issues
        0.06 MV fix database problems
        0.07 MV md5 project
        0.08 MV database
        0.09 MV perl module versions in files
        0.10 MV movie stuff
        0.11 MV thumbnail user interface
        0.12 MV more thumbnail issues
        0.13 MV website construction
        0.14 MV improve the movie db xml
        0.15 MV web site automation
        0.16 MV SEE ALSO section fix
        0.17 MV move tests to modules
        0.18 MV teachers project
        0.19 MV md5 issues

SEE ALSO

Meta::Db::Connections(3), Meta::Db::Dbi(3), Meta::Db::Def(3), Meta::Utils::Opts::Opts(3), Meta::Utils::System(3), Meta::Xml::Parsers::Dbdata(3), strict(3)

TODO

-this script currently does not give an option to give your own dbi or connection. do that.